Death toll in India well collapse rises to 11
PTI :Eleven bodies have been recovered and 19 people rescued from a well, which collapsed on Thursday during a rescue operation, in India’s Madhya Pradesh. They were trying to pull out a boy after...
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Belarus jails varsity teacher, students, cracks down on journos
AFP :Belarus on Friday jailed 11 university students on Friday and raided the homes of more than a dozen journalists in a continuing crackdown on the opposition by President Alexander Lukashenko’s regime.A court in...
Napoleon hat may fetch up to 600,000 euros at auction
AFP :A hat worn by Napoleon during his 1807 military campaign against Prussian and Russian forces could fetch 600,000 euros ($710,000) when it goes on sale in September, auctioneers Sotheby’s said Thursday.The distinctive two-cornered...
Easter bombings: Sri Lanka probes charges against spy agencies
Al Jazeera :Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has ordered an investigation into allegations that some members of state intelligence agencies knew and met with people who carried out Easter Sunday bombings in 2019 that...
Oregon wildfire displaces 2,000 residents as blazes flare across US West
Reuters :Hand crews backed by water-dropping helicopters struggled on Thursday to suppress a huge wildfire that displaced roughly 2,000 residents in southern Oregon, the largest among dozens of blazes raging across the drought-stricken western...
Covid shatters Hajj dreams of older pilgrims
AFP :Samia Ahmed saved up for 16 years, but like many older Muslims she fears that renewed Covid-19 curbs will prevent her from ever making the Hajj pilgrimage.Saudi Arabia has for a second consecutive...
Biden and Merkel ‘united against Russia aggression’
BBC Online :The US and Germany will stand together against Russian aggression, President Joe Biden said as he welcomed outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel to Washington.Mr Biden said he had voiced concern to Mrs Merkel...
All passengers survive after plane landing in Siberia
Reuters :All 19 people on board a Russian Antonov An-28 passenger plane that vanished from radars in Siberia survived after the aircraft made a hard landing on Friday, the emergencies ministry said.The aircraft —...
World leaders dial in as NZ hosts special APEC meeting on pandemic
Reuters :US President Joe Biden, Russia’s Vladimir Putin, China’s Xi Jinping and other world leaders meet virtually on Friday for the Asia-Pacific trade group APEC, seeking collective actions to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and...
20 dead in Germany flood
AFP :Heavy rains and floods lashing western Europe have killed at least 20 people in Germany and left around 50 missing, as rising waters led several houses to collapse on Thursday.Unusually heavy rains also...
EU court says headscarves can be banned at work
Reuters :Companies may ban Muslim employees from wearing a headscarf under certain conditions, the European Union’s top court said on Thursday in a ruling on two cases brought by women in Germany who were...
India records 41,806 fresh Covid cases
PTI :India recorded 41,806 new coronavirus cases, taking the infection tally to 3,09,87,880, while the active cases increased to 4,32,041, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The number of people...